Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
The greatest force on earth is lies under our feet, the tectonic plates riding on a violent churning sea of molten larva and massive intercontinental.transcontinental tectonic plates being forced to rise one above the other as the plates grow, pile up, every so often releasing trapped energy with frightening force and destruction.
BBC Video: Screen Capture
Port Au Prince has little of the modern technology to protect buildings from collapse even in a moderate temblor.
Yesterday one struck with a force of about 7.0 on the Richter scale and essentially the city is destroyed, thousands dead, trapped under rubble screaming or crying in the streets with no possessions lost lives and relatives and no where to go.
New York Times Slide Show should be seen. The BBC reports here
Asher
BBC Video: Screen Capture
Port Au Prince has little of the modern technology to protect buildings from collapse even in a moderate temblor.
Yesterday one struck with a force of about 7.0 on the Richter scale and essentially the city is destroyed, thousands dead, trapped under rubble screaming or crying in the streets with no possessions lost lives and relatives and no where to go.
New York Times Slide Show should be seen. The BBC reports here
Asher